Shorn of the details, the factual background is

as follows : -

The secret information received by an officer

of Narcotic Control Bureau (for short referred to as

8NCB9) on 17.12.2020 led to seizing a parcel

bearing No. CC089254397NL at Foreign Post office,

Chamarajpet, Bengaluru. The parcel contained

610 grams of MDMA pills. On 18.12.2020, the NCB

received another secret credible information that

an African national namely Ramla Shedafa Nancy,

i.e., accused No.1 would be going to Sahakarnagar

Post Office to enquire about the parcel bearing No.

CC089254397NL, and based on this information,

the NCB officer intercepted her first and then she

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showed another African namely Emmanuel Michael

i.e., accused No.2 who was waiting outside the

post office at Sahakarnagar. Thus both were

brought to NCB office. They revealed that the

parcel was addressed to accused No.1 though the

telephone number mentioned on the parcel cover

was that of accused No.2. An FIR came to be

registered in Crime No. NCB FNo.48/1/20/2020.

They

confessed

their

crime

when

they

were

interrogated and then they were arrested and

produced before the Special Court on 19.12.2020.

During investigation they also re